Excalibur Maduro

The Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur Maduro is a medium to full bodied cigar with an excellent construction and sweet Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. Introduced in the 1970s, Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur quickly made its mark as a super-premium cigar with an appealing price.

Cigar Origin

Honduras

Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.

Strength

Medium

Wrapper Color

Maduro

Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.Maduro wrapper can go from dark coffee brown with a reddish tint to blackish brown (the latter also called Oscuro).

Wrapper

USA Connecticut Shade

The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.The Connecticut Valley, in the Northeast of the USA, is well known for its bright golden wrapper. Because of a very hot and sunny summer, the tobacco is shade grown to make the leaf more delicate with few veins and even surface. Connecticut Shade wrapper grown in the United States has a mild to medium flavor and a silky quality, making it one of the most expensive and sought-after cigar wrappers in the cigar industry.

Binder

USA Connecticut Broadleaf

The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together.

Filler

Dominican Republic

Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

Honduras

Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

Nicaragua

Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

Rolled by

Handmade

Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.

Manufacturer

General Cigars/ST Group

General Cigar Company manufactures premium cigars in several factories located in the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Founded by Edgar Cullman, Sr. in 1960, the company experienced incredible success with their Macanudo brand. After a series of acquisitions throughout the years that made General Cigars one of the largest cigar manufacturers in the world, the company merged with Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) in 2010.

First time trying this cigar. I actually purchased a box of 20 based on the reviews I read coupled with the very reasonable price. I am not disappointed. The first draw was outstanding. I doubt the other 19 sticks are long for this world.